The walls of the vault began to glow transparent. Lena saw, for the first time, that Helix Prime was not a planet. It was an egg. And Covadis 17.1 was the yolk.
She turned to Thorne. “We turned it the wrong way,” she lied.
Until today.
The light vanished. The hum stopped. The silence that followed was deeper than before, because Lena knew it was not the silence of sleep.
“The fracture in Spiral Arm 7 is accelerating,” whispered Commander Thorne, his breath fogging despite his thermal suit. “Colony ships are disappearing. We need its solution.” Covadis 17.1 - Activation
Turn three times left.
Commander Thorne drew his gun. “Shut it down!” The walls of the vault began to glow transparent
She turned the key once to the right.